For a long time voting in this country was called a right, but was more of a privilege. The franchise was accepted as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, making a symbolic statement that’s unlikely to ...

Many things have changed in the 250 years since the United States was founded, but one thing that hasn't changed that much is our Constitution. In the 238 years since it was ratified, Congress has ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. "It is long past time to recognize the will of the American people," ...

Members of Congress are pushing to repeal the 17th Amendment and elect senators the way the Constitution originally decreed.

A deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment expired in 1982, but some states ratified it afterward. Some scholars argue the deadline is unconstitutional. Other legal experts said the ...

“In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. On ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, inserting himself into a long-running legal ...

A girl is seen in between "ERA NOW" signs as people hold a rally in front of the National Archives to highlight President Joe Biden's decision to declare the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th ...